Etiological diagnosis of bloodstream infections through a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction test in pediatric patients: A case series from a tertiary Italian hospital

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 73-79

  Calitri, Carmelina ^a   Denina, Marco ^a   Scolfaro, Carlo ^a   Garazzino, Silvia ^a   Licciardi, Francesco ^a   Burdino, Elisa ^b   Allice, Tiziano ^b   Carraro, Francesca ^c   De Intinis, Gianfranco ^c   Ghisetti, Valeria ^b   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^a   Colombo, Sara ^d   Neve, Valter ^d   Conio, Alessandra ^d   Vitale, Pasquale ^d   Giacchino, Mareva ^d   Saglio, Francesco ^d   Iannandrea, Stefania ^d   Grassitelli, Sergio Michele ^d   Luccoli, Luigi ^d   Esposito, Irene ^d   Ragazzi, Paola ^d   Carlino, Christian ^d   Porcellini, Maria Gabriella ^d   Bonaudo, Roberto ^d   Calvo, Pier Luigi ^d   Baldi, Maurizio ^d   Laudati, Roberto ^d   Ferraris, Silvio ^d   Aidala, Enrico ^d   Valori, Andrea ^d   Banaudi, Elena ^d   Riggi, Chiara ^d   Bertino, Enrico ^d   Coscia, Alessandra ^d   Farinasso, Daniela ^d   Cavecchia, Ilaria ^d   Cerchio, Roberto ^d   Bosetti, Francesca Maria ^d   Farina, Daniele ^d   Manzoni, Paolo ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Amedeo di Savoia Hospital   (Italy)

^c REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Child; Immunocompromised host; Invasive fungal disease; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction test; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY TEST; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84942589906     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2014.967291     Document Type: Article

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